Dear Honda, Just keep on making the NSX (Mugen NSX-RR!!)
01-16-09, 12:06 PM
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Dear Honda, Just keep on making the NSX (Mugen NSX-RR!!)
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/t...t/mugen-nsx-rr
What a tease...especially since the NSX has been OUT OF PRODUCTION.
01-17-09, 01:34 AM
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Since the 02-05 NSX still looks very modern and sexy, I really think Honda/Acura could keep making them with just some small upgrade(mostly interior) and some tweaks to the engine so it could make something like 320hp or so? Or they just bring over the NSX TYPE R which has never been available in America. Yeah I miss NSX, wouldn't feel bad for Honda if they restart making it.
01-17-09, 01:42 AM
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I like the projectors also, I'm sure it helps with aerodynamics somewhat...Just get rid of that shark intake...makes the car look disproportionate, thought I'm not contesting its function
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01-18-09, 04:41 PM
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Its funny. The NSX won "Car of the Year" in Evo as recent as 2001. Its amazing to me people would buy Porsche's 911 which was based on a car from 30 years ago with the 996 but a car as good, if not superior in the NSX died b/c no matter what it was badged (Honda NSX overseas/Acura NSX here) people felt the badge did not warrent the money.
Whats even more amazing is Nissan isn't having a problem selling 70-80k GT-Rs.
I truly wonder should Honda pulled a Porsche? Just refine over and over and over the NSX like Porsche did with the 911. I mean it launched what in 1990 and even TODAY in 2007 outside of Acceleration it would hold its own out there.
IMO the NSX is even more needed as it was a basic sports car and todays sports cars weigh 4000lbs with every electronic known to man.
They should have kept building it and refining it!!!
01-18-09, 05:53 PM
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Its funny. The NSX won "Car of the Year" in Evo as recent as 2001. Its amazing to me people would buy Porsche's 911 which was based on a car from 30 years ago with the 996 but a car as good, if not superior in the NSX died b/c no matter what it was badged (Honda NSX overseas/Acura NSX here) people felt the badge did not warrent the money.
Whats even more amazing is Nissan isn't having a problem selling 70-80k GT-Rs.
I truly wonder should Honda pulled a Porsche? Just refine over and over and over the NSX like Porsche did with the 911. I mean it launched what in 1990 and even TODAY in 2007 outside of Acceleration it would hold its own out there.
IMO the NSX is even more needed as it was a basic sports car and todays sports cars weigh 4000lbs with every electronic known to man.
They should have kept building it and refining it!!!
The major problem with Honda/Acura and the NSX wasn't that people where not willing to pay high dollar for it. It was that people were not willing to pay high dollar for it being the same basic car with little upgrades over its long life. Unlike the Porsche 911 which is basically the same looking car, but continued to go through somewhat major upgrades every few years, the NSX really only had 3. 1st was the introduction of the T top in 1995. 2nd was the 6-Speed trans and updated power from the 3.2L motor in 1997. 3rd was the fixed headlights and minor exterior upgrades in 2002.
Think about his, since the introduction of the Acura TL in 1996, that car went from 200HP to 305HP today. An increase of 105 HP in 12 years. Not much, but significant. The 1996 Acura RL with 225HP then now has 300HP in 2005. A decent HP upgrade. The NSX had 270 HP in 1991 and had 290 in 2005. In increase of 20 HP. That increase helped out significantly, but that was over a 14 year period. I've seen what 320 HP does on an NA1/NA2 NSX. Imagine if in 2005 the NSX had 350 HP from the factory?
My opinion is if Honda had simply done upgrades to the NSX every 3-4 years with more HP, upgraded body panels, just things to keep it fresh over few years, the car would have been a much better sales success.
Another thing to keep in mind is the NSX was really a dream of Soichiro Honda. This was his passion. I strongly believe if he did not pass away in 1991 (Just lived a little longer) the NSX would have gone through a much more aggressive evolution. Soichiro Honda built cars out of passion. When he died, Honda lost its passion for pure automotive engineering and became just another bottom line company.
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01-18-09, 06:52 PM
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The major problem with Honda/Acura and the NSX wasn't that people where not willing to pay high dollar for it. It was that people were not willing to pay high dollar for it being the same basic car with little upgrades over its long life. Unlike the Porsche 911 which is basically the same looking car, but continued to go through somewhat major upgrades every few years, the NSX really only had 3. 1st was the introduction of the T top in 1995. 2nd was the 6-Speed trans and updated power from the 3.2L motor in 1997. 3rd was the fixed headlights and minor exterior upgrades in 2002.
Think about his, since the introduction of the Acura TL in 1996, that car went from 200HP to 305HP today. An increase of 105 HP in 12 years. Not much, but significant. The 2006 Acura RL with 225HP then now has 300HP in 2005. A decent HP upgrade. The NSX had 270 HP in 1991 and had 290 in 2005. In increase of 20 HP. That increase helped out significantly, but that was over a 14 year period. I've seen what 320 HP does on an NA1/NA2 NSX. Imagine if in 2005 the NSX had 350 HP from the factory?
My opinion is if Honda had simply done upgrades to the NSX every 3-4 years with more HP, upgraded body panels, just things to keep it fresh over few years, the car would have been a much better sales success.
Another thing to keep in mind is the NSX was really a dream of Soichiro Honda. This was his passion. I strongly believe if he did not pass away in 1991 (Just lived a little longer) the NSX would have gone through a much more aggressive evolution. Soichito Honda built cars out of passion. When he died, Honda lost its passion for pure automotive engineering and became just another bottom line company.
Think about his, since the introduction of the Acura TL in 1996, that car went from 200HP to 305HP today. An increase of 105 HP in 12 years. Not much, but significant. The 2006 Acura RL with 225HP then now has 300HP in 2005. A decent HP upgrade. The NSX had 270 HP in 1991 and had 290 in 2005. In increase of 20 HP. That increase helped out significantly, but that was over a 14 year period. I've seen what 320 HP does on an NA1/NA2 NSX. Imagine if in 2005 the NSX had 350 HP from the factory?
My opinion is if Honda had simply done upgrades to the NSX every 3-4 years with more HP, upgraded body panels, just things to keep it fresh over few years, the car would have been a much better sales success.
Another thing to keep in mind is the NSX was really a dream of Soichiro Honda. This was his passion. I strongly believe if he did not pass away in 1991 (Just lived a little longer) the NSX would have gone through a much more aggressive evolution. Soichito Honda built cars out of passion. When he died, Honda lost its passion for pure automotive engineering and became just another bottom line company.
